The Railway Protection Force (RPF) recovered various narcotic products, together with designer medication, value over INR 7.40 crore final month and arrested 165 folks, Indian Railways mentioned in an announcement on Saturday.

It began a month-long pan-India drive in June in opposition to smuggling of narcotics by rail, named Operation NARCOS. Photo courtesy: Twitter/@DRMCKP

The RPF has been empowered to conduct search, seizure and arrest underneath the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act since April 2019 and has been actively collaborating within the efforts of the federal government to limit this unlawful commerce.

It began a month-long pan-India drive in June in opposition to smuggling of narcotics by rail, named Operation NARCOS.

The assertion famous that the RPF, underneath the operation, has carried out excellently in opposition to the carriers/transporters of narcotic merchandise by railways.

“The RPF intensified its checks in trains and at identified black spots across the country in coordination with the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and other Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) to target drug peddlers involved in this illegal trade. In the month of June 2022, the RPF has recovered various narcotic products including designer products valued at INR 7,40,77,126 and within its own domain arrested 165 people who were carrying NDPS and handed them over to the LEAs concerned for onward legal action,” the assertion mentioned.

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